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Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

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Freefaller said:
I'm not bringing in the Vong at all, and if Thrawn returns at all (since I gave him his canon exit here) it'll be a different situation.
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Well without the Vong, the Chiss are going to be a very interesting faction to deal with. Primarily because most factions in the galaxy have little to no information on them.
 
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For example, I'm not bringing in the Vong at all
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Oh thank fuck

Las is an economy build, surrounded by enough competent militarists to keep him safe. But those are against understandable threats, like pirates or the Alliance. I don't see him having enough time and political/economic capital to hard charge for newer bigger ships before and during the Warlords period. Especially convincing people that there are bigger things out there than the enemies they can see.

Unless something happens in between now and Endor, Las can only hope to solidify his holdings before the chaos and the eventual Alliance push. As it stands, he needs ISDs, a lot of them. Cause how deeply entrenched he is in the hearts of the people of the sector, the only hope the Alliance can get to take it over, is by a naval victory. Forget planetary occupation, the Alliance's policies are just the Republic's and they're gonna eye the Myto sector with the same level of greed to dump tithe after tithe to payoff their elsewhere.

Perhaps, we need to put up some propaganda. Stuff to draw the collective hearts and minds of the average trooper and sailor. Things that when everything starts to go to shit, and the citizens of the planets they're watching are charging down their gates, it'll make them think "Head to Myto/Minda, it's safe there". Then anyone daring or quick will beeline for Las, swelling his forces. Perhaps vacation and rest areas for Imperial troops, spread the word how good it's is to work or visit there. Imperial worlds where the locals love and respect you, planets for a battalion to relax and hunt for leave.
 
IMPERIAL R&D ASSET REPORT | PROJECT-SKYFALL

IMPERIAL R&D ASSET REPORT | PROJECT-SKYFALL

SUBJECT Phase I Testing and Evaluation of Orbital Insertion Prototypes

DISTRIBUTION Minda System R&D Division / Sector Army Logistics / Office of the Moff

AUTHORIZATION Lead Researcher H. Vane

CLASSIFICATION Restricted Research Data

I. PROJECT OBJECTIVE

Project Skyfall seeks to develop a self-contained orbital deployment method for the LECA platform. The goal is to bypass the reliance on landing craft and deliver combat-ready walkers directly to the surface from a cruiser in high orbit. Testing has been moved to the industrial testing grounds on Minda-4 to utilize the planet's heavy manufacturing infrastructure and automated recovery zones.

II. PROTOTYPE A: MODEL-88 ROCKET HARNESS

This configuration consists of a standard military LECA chassis equipped with a detachable rear-mounted thruster assembly and an experimental particle shield overlay for thermal protection.

  1. Technical Approach
    The harness is designed to be a low-cost solution that detaches immediately upon touchdown, allowing the LECA to enter combat without delay. For safety and data integrity, all test units are controlled via remote automation. No live pilots are authorized for this phase of testing.
  2. Test Log 09-B (Minda-4 Range)
    The unit was released into the upper atmosphere. The particle shield successfully managed the thermal load during reentry. However, as the unit transitioned to the powered descent phase, the harness experienced a structural misalignment. The high-stress environment caused a failure in the primary mounting brackets. Upon ignition of the retro-thrusters, the uneven thrust distribution resulted in a violent flat spin. The automated system was unable to compensate for the torque, leading to high-velocity impact and total chassis loss.
III. PROTOTYPE B: INTEGRATED DROP POD SYSTEM

The second configuration utilizes a specialized, heavy-duty drop pod to encase the LECA. This pod is intended to protect the walker from both orbital heat and potential anti-aircraft fire.

  1. Technical Approach
    The drop pod is theoretically the safer method for the hardware, but it carries significant logistical weight. It requires more fuel for its larger retro-thrusters and necessitates more complex launch infrastructure aboard the Arbiter-class carriers. To keep production costs viable, the design utilized heavy-duty mechanical shock absorbers rather than inertial dampeners. Inertial dampeners of the required scale were deemed cost-prohibitive given the extreme force of the projected impact.
  2. Test Log 12-F (Minda-4 Range)
    The pod maintained a stable descent and corrected its heading effectively. The retro-thrusters fired as scheduled, successfully slowing the pod to its target landing velocity. However, the mechanical shock absorbers failed to dissipate the kinetic energy upon touchdown. The force of the impact was transferred directly into the LECA's internal frame. Both legs of the unit were crushed and the lower torso suffered severe structural shearing.
IV. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

The Rocket Harness is more cost-effective and takes up less hangar space but currently lacks the stability required for reliable deployment. The Integrated Drop Pod offers better protection during the flight phase but the weight and impact-force issues remain unsolved without the inclusion of expensive inertial dampening tech.

V. PROJECT STATUS ADDENDUM

By order of Sector Command, Project Skyfall is transitioned to low-priority status. Funding for further Phase II testing has been reduced.

Sector Command currently identifies no immediate military necessity for orbital drop technology. Current engagement data suggests that Myto Sector naval forces can achieve and maintain orbital superiority against local pirate elements with minimal resistance. Given that pirates remain the primary threat, standard deployment via landing craft is considered sufficient and more logistically sound. R&D will continue to refine these designs in the background as resources allow.
 
Xx_BoneIdle_xX said:
Why not use repulsor-tech instead?
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as I understand, repulsor tech seems to only function at certain altitudes. if you fly a hoverbike over a cliff, the repulsor tech might slow the fall but only once your a certain distance from the ground. its not like a thruster that can be active at all times, since its more like a field of some sort.
 
The answer is simple

Both

A sufficiently simple and sturdy pod to endure the rigors of re-entry, once past the upper layers, deploy a large parachute or cheap rockets to slow momentum. A hollow block of durasteel is a recyclable thing that could probably be supported by most machine shops aboard military vessels

Then the LECA(s) could jump off to continue on an assisted fall with the harness thrusters. We could even take this chance to develop larger, remote-like support droids to launch with their fall, popping chaff to offset any attempted missile locks. That could also be added in to Lambda shuttles and other atmos capable ships, making it another "Myto specialty"
 
Both works out fine! Plus further development could create possible drop pods for elite infantry or specialists for infiltration, especially if you do it as a cosmic event or during a invasion as part of debris falling.
 
Freefaller said:
as I understand, repulsor tech seems to only function at certain altitudes. if you fly a hoverbike over a cliff, the repulsor tech might slow the fall but only once your a certain distance from the ground. its not like a thruster that can be active at all times, since its more like a field of some sort.
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Repulsorlift is used by space ships to operate inside the atmosphere, the only limitations of technology are: repulsors can only operate inside a gravity well and can't pass through shields. I also vaguely remember something about certain atmospheric conditions interfiering with working of repulsors, but I don't exactly remember what it was or where I read it.
They'll probably be to pricey for a consumable item. Repulsors require harvesting of a black hole to manufacture.
 
I second the suggestion of a parachute combined with rockets. The parachute is cheap and easily made in bulk, so the logistics wouldn't be hard. Most importantly, the parachute itself doesn't actually need to STOP the drop pod, just slow its descent enough that the rockets could finish the job for a smooth landing.
 
All of you suggesting a parachute miss one crucial detail.
Not every area of operation would have an atmosphere.
 
ScoobyDoo-one-two said:
Doesn't the Empire already have ODST walker deployment? They were in the Force Unleashed game.
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I wasn't capable of speech when those games came out and I haven't really factored them in, as I know little of the lore outside the fact that none of it is cannon and some dude crashes an ISD with the force
 
Freefaller said:
I wasn't capable of speech when those games came out and I haven't really factored them in, as I know little of the lore outside the fact that none of it is cannon and some dude crashes an ISD with the force
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Yeah, I distinctly remember them fuckers falling from the sky on you in the second fungus level. They came in these boxes that fell apart to reveal an AT-ST. Felt like the Empire was doing everything short of orbital bombardment to kill your ass in that game.
 
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All of you suggesting a parachute miss one crucial detail.
Not every area of operation would have an atmosphere.
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That just means the drop is easier, cheap disposable rockets can cover that aspect of insertion. The pod alone can be designed to attach those or a chute or both depending on how fast they need that pod get to it's destination.

ODST pods showed how that system works, the initial chute deployment is supposed to arrest the first acceleration from launch and re-entry before using thrusters slow and guide the fall. From there it's a choice if the deployment requires the LECA(s) to leave now to scatter or be ready to fight that leaving a landed pod would increase danger or impede their travel OR follow on a slowed descent with rockets in the pod to slam down on an enemy position.
 
Freefaller said:
as I understand, repulsor tech seems to only function at certain altitudes. if you fly a hoverbike over a cliff, the repulsor tech might slow the fall but only once your a certain distance from the ground. its not like a thruster that can be active at all times, since its more like a field of some sort.
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Automated pop out air breaks. Those look like fat stubby liquid funnels. I seen oblong Shaped as well. Not sure it really matters because those oblong Shaped ones were stylized. The fat wide section faces the ground.

The closer to the ground the more air breaks pop out. You could also add a pop out trailing rotor to give a hover effect. So far all of these don't really require anything other than mechanical engineering.

Three hundred feet grav shunts. That scifi and I seen it somewhere in Star wars. With a back up of a drag parachute. When the bottom plate hits the ground it is a pressure release door hit it hard enough it shoots the exit door off the pod.

Since Star wars doesn't do heavy autoguns for air defense. It wouldn't set off the pressure plate. Honestly, drop pod science has already been figured out. Inertia dampening is not required only requested.
Nasa already done the science on that aspect.
 
Chp-108

Chp-108

AUTHORS NOTE PLEASE READ:
I keep seeing people ask about this, and since it seems not many read the AN's I put at the bottom, I'm putting it here. At the beginning of each chapter, I put some numbers, like-

1.1 ABY

-This is indicative of the date. Specifically 1 year and 1 month after the battle of Yavin. Please remember this.

Also, for those asking about Legends and Canon, I am going for a mix of both with a sprinkling of my own AU stuff post-endor. I will not be bringing the Vong in at all, and when it comes to Thrawn I'm still deciding on what happens there, though he will be back at some point.

Thank you for your time.

-Freefaller

Chp - 108
2.3 ABY
Minda System
Outskirts of Accordia

The wind blew in from the east, rolling over the compound and bringing with it the scent of recent rainfall. The plateau was dotted with prefabricated buildings, while construction sites for permanent installations sat between them.

Construction workers from a local Accordian company had been assigned their contract, their workers mingling with clan members while on break.

Alor Kharta Udanta stood on an elevated landing pad, eyes roving over the land. Within her mind, she could visualize the finished compound.

Pressing a button on her PDA, she spoke into its microphone. "Note. Remember to build an extra anti-aircraft tower on the southern wall. It lacks overlapping coverage.

Clan Udanta had come to the Myto Sector seeking a way to survive. A gamble made from desperation that now brought them great prosperity.

On the north western edge of Accordia, upon a flat plateau that sat in the hills that surrounded the city, Clan Udanta had been granted the permits and materials to build a new compound.

A new home.

From behind her, Kharta's son and heir approached her, armored boots clanking on the metal of the platform.

"They seek to bind us."

Kharta sighed. "You see only part of the whole."

She could imagine the expressions hidden under his helmet. A motherly instinct she'd honed over the years.

"They give us land, weapons and money so we may hunt their enemies like {hunting animals}?" His voice was tight with frustration. She knew that more burdens had been placed on his shoulders as her heir. Unlike other clanners his age, he'd turned to duty instead of basking in the spoils of this new age for their clan.

She was unimaginably proud of how he'd grown, but she wished he could enjoy his youth before the march of time took it from him.

"You see chains. I see desperation. The Empire is stretched thin protecting this sector. So it has turned to us. In its fear, the local government has done what the Empire could never do."

"And what's that?" He said, voice softer now. She could hear the soft tapping of his fingers on his leg. A tick he'd picked up, one she knew he used to keep himself focused even if he never spoke about it. His willingness to listen and learn had been why she'd chosen to name him heir.

"They asked for help. An act of humility, something the Empire could never lower itself to."

Above them, the hum of engines pierced the clouds.

A second later, a shape parted through the clouds, sharp hull bristling with powerful weaponry.

A Teroch-Class cruiser, moving to set down on the landing pad. The ship was a spoil of war, won from a skirmish with pirate forces. The orbital refit yard had fixed the ship for them, readying it for their clan operations.

Its hull gleamed with Clan Udanta colors, the clan emblem gleaming alongside it. Below, its name was etched into the plating.

Kad Udanta. The Sword of Udanta.

"They let us have one?" He asked, tapping stopped as he gazed at the ship. His breath caught as he saw the name.

Kharta let out a soft chuckle.

"Don't you see? They don't have a choice. The Consortium's fall means pirates are running around with more firepower than they expected. They need us."

The two watched the ship for a while longer as two cargo LCUW's used tractor beams to load up cargo and supplies. Clan members organized around it, celebrating their newest acquisition. Many could be seen posting pictures of the ship to that new forum of theirs, bragging about their clan.

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Ife Veers

The holotable cast a bright green glow across the otherwise darkened room. The light burned Ife's eyes, but at this point it didn't matter.

The display showcased a map of the sector and its 8 subsectors. Every reported pirate incursion, with numbers indicating rough strength, dotted the map.

And the map told a story. The incursions came mostly from the Myto's Arrow trade route, specifically from the direction of the Obtrexta sector. From there they seemed to spread, fanning out across the sector.

Her eyes jumped to the statistics running down the side of the map. A list of all roving Sector Command patrol groups. Nearly 40 of them were the new Arbiter groups, and the numbers were not looking good.

A week ago, an Arbiter and its patrol group had to chase a pirate flotilla. The flotilla had an Aggressor-Class Destroyer, and its weaponry blew a chunk into the Arbiters hull. Casualties could've been kept to a minimum, but the crew panicked.

And now Ife was staring at a casualty counter, numbers glowing red.

268 dead, and an Arbiter forced back into the yard for repairs, slowing construction of further hulls. If only the Academies were worth a damn!

Her hand reached for her mug, gulping down the last sip of her coffee. It wasn't enough.

Irritated, she looked at the coffee machine. Empty, the display read.

"Already? Ugh, I filled it not ten minutes ago!" Her hand tightened around the mugs handle, a hairline fracture forming under the stress before she let up.

Rubbing the bridge of her nose, she sighed as she looked around her office. It was dark, though the tiniest bit of light peaking through the blinds told her dawn was around the corner.

Still, her eyes returned to the holo, and the flood of red from the Obtrexta sector. A memory, unbidden, surfaced in her mind. Of a time long past when she still spoke with her family regularly.

Her father, he'd had old friends in that sector, didn't he? Some ground pounder he'd made friends with.

If she could contact him, maybe…she couldn't even remember his name. Another sigh, deeper this time.

The medals on her wall gleamed in holo's harsh light. She'd come so far so fast.

She set the mug down, eyes glaring at nothing.

"Fine!" she said to no one, grumbling as she picked up her PDA.

Maybe he'd take an order of LECA's as a gift. Though he might just consider them an insult to his precious walkers.

That damn old man and his AT-AT's!

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Las

The view from my new office was wasteful. The window too large, the office too comfortable. I preferred the cluttered space of my old Gubernatorial office, but that was out of reach now.

Mugwuffin, on the other hand, seemed to find no complaints. She'd busied herself with chasing around a poor mouse droid as though she was a cat and not a fully sentient, intelligent being.

"Grown ass woman playing with toys."

Her head snapped towards me, eyes narrowing in contempt.

Indignation!Maturity!

"If you're so mature, why don't you learn to read and actually do some work, huh?"

At that she froze, and I turned away, harumphing in triumph.

Then, my PDA fell from my desk, slamming against my foot.

"AH! Ouch…" As I rubbed my foot, I caught Mugwuffins smug face before it was replaced with a mask of pure innocence.

IgnoranceInnocence

"You scaled rat!... You're lucky I love you, you little fuckin…" My voice trailed off into indistinct grumbles as I sat down at my desk, terminal already online.

If nothing else, the new station I now worked and lived out of had exceptionally fast holonet speeds. This was courtesy of the station pulling double duty as both my headquarters and a holonet relay nexus.

From this station, the wider holonet relay system could be monitored with ease. An outage could be seen faster than a system could report it. Not to mention that, as an Imperial product, it was purpose built for spying on people.

We did more of it than I was comfortable with, but I suppose it's the price one pays in a dictatorship.

The other price I paid was my time and effort, of course. Taking a long sip of my morning hot coco and a bite out of my first of many nutrient bars of the day, I opened the first report.

OFFICIAL SECTOR ADVISORY | MSD-ECON-SUBSIDY-ALLOCATION

SUBJECT Identification of Systems Eligible for Industrial and Economic Subsidies

DISTRIBUTION Office of the Moff / Myto Trade Commission / Sector Treasury

AUTHORIZATION Sector Ministry of Industrial Development

CLASSIFICATION Internal Economic Assessment




I. REPORT OVERVIEW

This report is for the purpose of listing all systems designated as Fringe systems (Check File Sys-Classification) in order of need and ability to act on subsidies granted for industrial and economic concerns and infrastructure. These factors have been into two main categories, Need and Absorptive Capacity.

  1. Need: Need is defined by multiple factors focused mainly around labor statistics and economic/industrial decline. These include unemployment rate, labor force participation, median household income relative to sector average, rate of deindustrialization, infrastructure deficits, and demographic flight, among others.
  2. Absorptive Capacity: Absorptive Capacity is defined by factors relating to economic diversity and existing industrial capacity. These include the systems economic complexity index, manufacturing readiness level, labor elasticity and skill alignment, and institutional quality, among others




The report went on for a while, detailing the many, many systems designated as Fringe systems.

Of them, some needed subsidies more than others. For example, Draxon's Forge. As a system, it was on the lower end in terms of population, sitting somewhere around 380k people.

But it had experienced plenty of economic growth, mostly as a result of joining the Guild early, and as such was growing at a steady pace. Any subsidies here would only serve to boost the already growing economy.

On the other hand, a system like the Rodu system. A system with a single agriculturally focused world and only around 150k people, it had few prospects and fewer people willing to bet on them. But an agri-world is useful no matter what, so subsidies there would be focused on expanding crop production.

Specifically, crops bioengineered to survive and thrive in a variety of different situations and environments. Local farmers tend to grow what they find or simply herd animals, but by subsidizing the spread of cash crops that can also be used to sustain the local populace, it opens the door for population and economic growth.

Of course, it's not as though I planned to give planets a single subsidy for a single thing. The subsidies came in packages, with each part meant to support one another. For example, the package subsidized the infrastructure needed to spread these seeds, store the new abundance of crops that would be expected, and more.

Developed systems had no need for these, at least not in the same manner that Rodu did. In theory, Dubrillion needed subsidies to help with its overcrowding problem, as much of its citizenry was crowded into massive cities in order to keep the rest of the planets beaches and resorts free of middle and lower class people so the rich could enjoy them.

In practice, this could be solved by simply allowing and funding outward expansion of cities and the creation of new cities with the mountain of profits Dubrillion made each year, which was exactly what they were doing.

The Arbiters had scared some sense into the Governors of the sector, so if nothing else I knew the program was a success as expected.

But what I hadn't expected was the industrial pushes the Developed and even Settled worlds were making.

Shipyards. They were building shipyards.

There were already a few in the sector aside from the Mard, but they were local, small. Hell, Abyssal Industries underwater yards were already the second largest in the sector because the company was just that experienced at what they did. And they brought over much of the material.

But now planets like Belladoon were beginning the construction of their own yards. They previously had some, but those were local ground based operations. These were orbital yards, clearly created to cater to the same scale as the Mard.

Subsidies would be given to these projects, though the money had strict conditions attached to its use given I didn't trust these Governors. I'd make sure to send an Arbiter to sniff around those I felt most likely to misuse the funds for another public arrest, as to ensure the other Governors knew the consequences of misusing taxpayer credits.

If too many of them were found messing about, I'd just take control of the yards directly. It would be a mess, no doubt, but if these grown children can't do their jobs then I'm not going to hold their wrinkled hands while the learn how not to embezzle funds.

I mean, look, its easy!

I sit there for ten minutes, staring into space, doing nothing.

See! Easy!

Now if only these pirates could stop attacking my ships and people, that would be great.

R&D already started work on the Arbiter-II of all things, which isn't actually a sequel to the Arbiter. It's more like the original design.

See, the original design was a full 900 meters long with more fighters, more firepower, and overall more. Problem is, piracy was running rampant and we couldn't spend more time on it. So a smaller version, a working prototype that was smaller and functioned more as a proof of concept was put into full production, with the team only having time to fix the biggest of its problems.

Meaning one day, the Arbiter class would be slowly replaced with its original design. Well, more like existing Arbiters would over time be retrofitted to the standards of the original. I'm not entirely sure how R&D planned to give the hull an extra hundred meters, but I wasn't that worried.

Of the few organizations I trust, R&D is one of them. They may have permanently scarred me for life, but they always delivered a working product no matter what.

Now if only they'd stop requesting permission to build a so-called "New Star Destroyer Class" I'd like them more.

—

Yo. Made fettuccine alfredo and chocolate sheet cake for easter sunday. Got both recipes from this huge ass cookbook I was given recently, the Joy of Cooking. Its thicker than all three of my college textbooks combined and its amazing.

Food was aight. The tips of the fettuccine stuck out of the pot and I only realized halfway through so some of it was undercooked. And I didn't have a whisk attachment to make the Russian Buttercream topping I wanted for the cake so I had to settle for making whipped cream instead.

Oh, and would y'all be interested in the full version of that report I posted mid chapter? Its not fully made, but I could make it.

God I wish I had a stack of pancakes.
-Freefaller
 
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I too, love my Muggywuffynn....
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Freefaller said:
Got both recipes from this huge ass cookbook I was given recently, the Joy of Cooking. Its thicker than all three of my college textbooks combined and its amazing.
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The Joy of Cooking is one of those incredibly famous cookbooks that gets treated as a must-read for many people. If you want to go looking for other cookbooks of similar quality for cheap, us your phone to look up whatever old cookbooks are in the clearance section at your local used book store or library clearance event. After about the 2010's computer-generated garbage flooded the market.

(That's not to say there's not good modern cookbooks, but cookbooks in particular got hit with the AI Slop flood before it even actually used AI. Just poorly translated web-scrapes of cooking recipe websites with often-random unrelated food photos. They looked great on their cover-photo when people were buying them online.)

You can also pick up actual college textbooks for Cooking Degrees in the same place, which is neat. There's all these absolutely giant books used to teach things like formal French Cooking, or how to cater for massive events, or things like how to make delicious preserves and jams from scratch, often on clearance for only a few dollars.
 
Maybe they'll make something akin to the Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer, complete with its 8,450 Crew Requirement. I think it would be funny if the class was named as the Veers Class Star Destroyer, named for Sector Admiral Ife Veers.

I could still see the class being disregarded by the Core like the Arbiter
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